_r. THE MARINE .RECORD. 6 . are driven by strong winds out of their courso In their lon([ migratory flights, ofron extending mnny thousands ol miles. Tlio pictures ore by J. C. Board, mid one of them shows |i tired flamingo vainly trying to sleep while standing on the buck of it huge turtle, n sight actually observed by a boat's party in the Gulf of Mexico. "Wong Nliig's Ideas," are some of the. reminiscences and quite original opinions expressed In hjs own words by ft very "llve"'Chlncso boy, living In San Francisco. Lucy Wcnmhasnbrght Httto.March poora, called "'I'lio Wlnd-Flo.w- er;" Fnlnier Cox tolls and shows how the udvonfurous "Brownies" wcntiip(nnd enme down)-in it balloon: Emily Huntington Mil¬ ler has some strong and feeling verses on the life-saving service; R. B, Birch has \U lustrated and engrossed six pages of furtny jingles, entitled tin Alphabet Menagerie," and there are some excellent verses besides these. Mayne Reld's serial 'The Land'of Fire,'.! und W. 0. Stoddard's "Winter Pun," incrense in Interest as they grow-In length. - JBON MARKET REPORT. Cleveland, March IS. There is a good demand for pig Iron but only' in small lots, and dealers claim that prices arc notiipt to go lower. In regard to, the condition of the ore- market wo quote from Messrs. Rhode." & Co.'a monthly circu¬ lar as follows: "The sales of Lake'Supe'rlor ore for delivery after the opening of lake navigation have been large'. At thin time last year almost nothing hud been done In the way of future sales, and the activity in the ore market-the past month shows that consumers see their way clea'r to contract for liberal supplies, and that they do not be¬ lieve prices of ore can be lower. It Indicates, likewise, considerable confidence In the fu¬ ture of the business, as It must bo remem¬ bered that the ore contracted for now Is for use from May, 1884, to May, 1885." CllillCOAL no IRON. No. 1 Like Superior charcoal...................123 00 No. 2 take Superior charcoal................. 23 00i Nob. 8 anil 4 Lake Superior.....................24 00, Nos, Sand 6 Lake- Superior................ 23 OOl Nos. 1, 2, 8. 4, 6, Salisbury........................ 85 001-.., „ Southern charcoal.............'...................... 27 OOQSO 00 Reported by R L. Harper 4 Co, Cincinnati. The conditions of the trade have not changed since our last report. Demand and supply seem going along harmoniously as mutual friends, ancUhere Is a feeling of solid hopefulness on the part of the furnaces, and satisfaction on the pari of consumers. The furnaces producing the' famous "Jack- ton county" softeners have combined as to a 6cide of prices, which are uniform and a shade under the figures general heretofore. Business continues fairly active, and the scarcity of good strong soft foundiy grades renders prices on prominent reliable brands very Arm. We quote as prices current: koundkV. Hanging Itock Charcoal No. 1................122 BO to 823 SO ilimglng Itook Charcoal No. 2...... 2125 " ?J2o Strong Neutral Coke No. 1.................... 18 00 •• 10 00 » ■• •■ No.2................... 1750" 1800 American Scotch, No 1...........................10 00 to 10 60 OlIKY FORO£. Neutral Coko.........................................Slfl 75 to 817 25 Cold Short......................„........... 1025" 1076 CAR WIlttKL ANI> MALLBAULK. Hanging Rock, strictly cold blast....... 8 27 75 ■r " warm blast................. 24 00 " 24 50 Lake Superior "charcoal" all grades ..... .. 24 00 " 23 00 Southern Cur Whool, strictly cold Wait.. 20 50 " 2750 Tlio Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee are pushing things very lively with the tariff bill. They held a caucus Fri¬ day and decided to pass through tile com¬ mittee a substitute-for Morrison's'bill. It will bo the same as 1Kb Morrison bill except that the articles placed on tho free list will be confined to salt, eoal and lumber. Tlio 20 per cent, horizontal reduction will be ap¬ plied to the other articles which under the .Morrison bill wore made free. The sub¬ stitute will bo presented to the House at an early day and tlio Democratic policy Is to hurry It through as rapidly as possible. As every momber will want to put his views upon recbrU the discussion will bo a pro¬ tracted one. Hence the hurrv on the part of-Morrison to report it. As it will take pre¬ cedence of other measures, except appropria¬ tion bills, little else will be done until It Is out of the way. Morrison seems to think that the bill will pass the House and that It will go through iho~Senatcln some shape or other. Ho was an nrtlit, and he was spin king tlio daughter of a retired sea ciiplaln. ■ Whllu he Was whispering sweet uotlilugi In his sweet¬ heart's ear In the dimly lighted parlor, he was paralyzed by the voice of the ancient mariner: "Cast off that painter." But she explained that lior father was only drcam- iug that he was on the sea again, and the en¬ gagement proceeded.—Exchange. . File ydur Marine Records for reference. ^Concluded from M page.] Blanchard, A. W, Reed; Portage, John rj^rno; Starucca, Lawrence Green; New- burg, William Fletcher; Wavorly, Joseph Mulligan; Dean Richmond, Fred Provost; Jamos Flak, Jr., Martin Lake; Nynolc, Sam¬ uel Shannon; St. Louis, William Thorns; Arctic, Robert Rhyhas. TOLEDO. ' Hpatnl lo the Martin Jtemrd. Tugs and barges and other water craft are being overhauled for the opening-of navigation. l ,' The' police yacht Iirb been added to the "Toledo Yaoht Club fleet. The Clublsto build sovoral new yachts, having added largely to its Membership. Captain John Navnugh, for twenty-three vears a tug captain on the Mailmen, died Thursday night alter suffering lor two years with consumption. He .Iosvcb a wife and four children and the honorable heritage of n man faithful in tlio discharge of all the obligations ot life. The remains were taken to Oswego, N. Y., lor Juirlal. For more than a year past the masters of lake craft and the custom house officials have been In a quandary as to whether the Lake Erie islands belong In the Sandusky or Toledo revenue district. The question Is entirely on the construction to be placed on thetUnlted States statute which defines the boundaries of these two districts. Since the Toledo Club House has been established on Middle Bass Island bouts have been pass¬ ing regularly between Toledo and the Islands. The law requires that the master ot a craft passing from one district to an¬ other shall leave copies of Ms monlfesTtir. both the port of clearance add the port of entry. Some time ago two criminal milts were brought, one against the master of the Leola and one against, tlio master of thn Chief Justice Waite, and also a civil suit against the master of the Lecla, Mr. William Leaver, for violation of the law mentioned. One of the objects of the suits was to obtain a Judicial determination of the boundary lines, as the guilt or innocence of the parties would depend- upon whether the islands were in tha Toledo or Sandusky district. The civil suit against the master of the Lee- la was trlod before Judge Welker and a ver¬ dict was found for the defendant; which loft the islands In the Toledo district, The two criminal suits were then called up and sub- 'mltjtcd to the same jury with tb,e same evi¬ dence. Of .course the verdict w«s similar to the one previously rendered. At those trials the people of Sandusky were not In court as witnesses, nor were they represented by counsel. United States' District Attorney Eggleston, to settle the question, brought a civil action against the master of the steam¬ er Chief Justice Walte, for passing between Fut-in'-Hay and Toledo without leaving a copy of his manifest at either port. The de¬ fense demurred lo the petition, and Judge Welker overruled the petition, at Toledo, Monday. The case will come up for tiial on Its merits, In June. LUDINOION. Special lo the Marino Record The steamers No. 1 and No. 2 of F. & I*. M. It. R. are making regular trips, or nearly so, The Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee stealers are having considerable trouble with Ice. The Wisconsin left Milwaukee two weeks ago and has been in the Ice over since. F. & P. M. steamer No. 2, Captain Dud- dleson, in rived from Milwaukee last Sunday evening, having" encountered Ice nearly all the way across. There wis a very heavy fall ot snow Suu- day-aud Sunday night. The weather is very cold. There Is not much Ice hi sight this morning. south haVm. apnial lo Iht Marino Rttori. Following are dimensions for a steam yacht built by Mr. James"Elllott Tor Captain L. A. LelghtoVl ol tills place. She will be ready to launch by tlio middle- of March. 'Keel, 711 leet; overall, 85 feet; beam, 17 feel; hold, Sleet; engine, built, by 'St. Jo»eph Iron Works, 10x1(1 Inches, andsteel holler oxlO feet. She Is to be tunned the Adrlcnne, and Is io run between South Chicago and Chi¬ cago. iiaycu'v. ,S;*cfu/ to II" Marino Rrcord The Bay City Drydoik Company, have had tlio towbarge Montgomery In drydock where she has undorgone considerable re. pairs The towburgo Gcbharf, Is In drydoek getting a gcrierul overhauling and necessary repairs. • * ' MofsrB. Wheeler and fcrni:o are building a towbarge lor Captain Forbes, which will bo consort to tlio fine steambargo Kittle Forbes built by this firm and launched last season. • They .are also building a.hirgo towbarge for Mr. Bew(ck of Detroit. Also a large steambargo for Mr. Hawgood of Bay City vnt\ others of East. Saginaw, and a tug for T. Chrlstler of Little Traverso Bay. MILWAUKEE. Special lo Iht Marino Jlecord. The ownership ot twelve largo steamers of the Western Transportation Line has been transferred to the Western Transit Company, which places them In the fttll control of tho New York Central Railroad Company. The consideration has not yet been made public, but'the valuo Is not less than $1,000,000. MANITOWOC. One-sixth of the barge Lewis Paulow has beep sold to Jolin P. Merrill for $5,000. One quarter o' the sollponer.Emma Leigh ton has been sold to Martin Anderson, for 4)280.00. Hotn and Mashek of Clay Banks, are talking of buUdlng-a new steairlbafge In the near future. Tho propeller Champlaln Is now In the dry- dock, Her repairs will not be compleied until the latter part of March. The propeller Jay Gould has been libeled by S. B. Grum- mond, who claims $131.20'damages for sink¬ ing a'tug.. The steambarge Hilton was In port on Friday loaded with wood and Coated with Ice. Who would'nt be a mariner on the lake? these time's?—Times. STUROEON HAY. Captain Wm. H. McDonald is getting out a largo amount of cedar, pine aiid„,cord\vood at or near the canal this winter. Ho has aUo secured a contract from Captain Cas- graln to get out a lot of piles for harbor work, and about 500 are already on the bank, and If the weatjier continues favorable for a mouth or so-longer, this amount will .be doubled. S.1KNIA. The steamers J. C. Clark and Hiawatha ,aro undergoing sonic slight repairs to their upper works, previous to being painted over for tho coming season's business. The com¬ pany havo announced their deslro to sell one of the steamers, the building of the Erie and Huron railway to Dresden and Wallacebiug having somewhat reduced the transporta¬ tion business between Siirniu and these points. When that much talked of railway shall have readied Sarnla, as Its only suitable Northern terminus, perhaps the steamboat transportation business between these points will be still further reduced. KIIIE. Of. the eight seamen volunteering frojn the United States Steamer Michigan for the Grocly expedition threo were accepted by the authorities at Washington. Captain Reed, who commands the Michigan,and who volun¬ teered to take charge of the relief cxpldltlun, Is rejected on account of Ills poor sight. Ho claims to have excellent vision, and demands a further medical examination. KINGSTON. The Board of Examiners are: Caplaius Harboitle, Mcllwaln and Thomas Taylor The following passed successful examina¬ tion for Mastois: J. II. Scott, M. W. Bailey, Ootenu Landing; G. Crawford, Kingston; Frank Clark, Dickenson's Land¬ ing; A. II. Malone, Garden Island; Geo. O'.Brien,Garden Island; A. II. Miller, Kings¬ ton; Ky Ueaupre, Kingston; J. B. Esles, Charlotte; W. A.Comson, Brighton; W. W. Glvens, Webster Augustus, J no. Ge'oghegan, W. Simmons, W. Dandy, Kingston; C. W. Fonnlngton, Belleville; Jim. Saunders, Kingston; W. C* Rulhwell, Kingston. Males .Ino. Ileuileisoii, lle-iuhariinls; .1. A. McKcovcr, I'icscott; Patrick Felicity, Hello- rllle; W.J. WalUlns, Belleville; U.Kstonl, Barrielleld; E. A. Booth, Kingston; C. Lantler, Clayton; N. Henderson, Kingston; Ephriiun Murtln, Garden Island. Some of the Kingston mariners have asked if It were legal for American mariners to come tb Canada and. pass examinations, so that they will be eligible to sail Canadian craft. • The act docs not prevont tliom doing so. We notice that there are a number of Canadian masters of American boitoms. Mayor Farley is making much mro'about a small' bill sent him by Captain Green- halgh for services rendered the city by tho tug Mary Virginia, which acted under his direct orders In breaking the ice as far up tho rlvor as possible when tlio flood threat¬ ened to sweep the lumber dealers' property away. It hastraus'plred that tho tug was at the time in tlio employ of the lumber deal¬ ers ; nevertheless If a mayor of a city con¬ siders it incumbent on him | to Issue orders in regard to a work being carriodon by other parties, and which the city should, have tak¬ en action In before, It Is but just tliat ho shoultLpay the* bill' presented and reimburse the subscribers to the fund. LAKE ERIE BOILER WORKS. "The Lake Kilo Boiler Works" 244J025* Perry St., Buffalo, wero established by' Messrs. Hammond and Coon, early In 1382,« when they erected a spacious shop, 100x200 feet dimensions, and placed the most im¬ proved boiler making machinery In it, and forthwith entered imp a prosperous business. The equipments consist of the finest and swiftest machinery known to the business, as rolls, planes, sheares, punches, etc., a single punching machine having the ca¬ pacity to. punch 22;OO0 holes in ten hours through the heaviest boilerplate,. A planer of 15 feet in length, weighing eight, tons, Is capable of, planing a plate of any width or length|-oiny-indecd, upoii_whlch the^great frou 'ind steel plates for tanks and boilers of the size manufactured by this concern can only be put Into their proper condition for caulking. The bending rolls which were in¬ vented by one of the firm and in uso only at ilielr works, are greatly Improved over other rolls, belng*o constructed iib to bend plateB of len feet wide and ol any length or thickness. These rolls weigh about nine tons, and are perfect in the execution of their woik. In addition to ills above machinery, the works contain several small machines lor similar purposes, and a full complement ol other inechanlcalapparatiis, such as bending rains, horizontal punches, large drilling machines etc. This firm make a spci laity of marine work and are at present very busy building several heavy marine hollers and doing lepairsou steamboats. Boilers ol every description, .such as murine, locomotive, stationary and ' portable of all sizes arc made, and oil and gas tanks of all sizes, from the .unallest to the most glganllc, aicniude to order on snort notice. In fact, c\ cry thing made of heavy plate of sheet Iron Is manufactuieil at the Lake Erie Boiler Works, such as oil stills and agitators, smoke slacks, salt pans," gas¬ ometers, paper mill bleachers and rotaries, etc. With Iheir superior fucilltlss for perfect and rapid execution iu the construction of boilers, tanks, etc., In which none but the best qualities of iron and steel .-ue used, llih'y are enabled 10 turul-li estimates whlfih will prove to be ndvanlaUcoiis to parties needing such articles,jind, It Is need¬ less to say, when completed, whutevci they make may be idled-upon to stand the most severe tast and g|ve entire satisfaction In every case. Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., Ship Chandlers and Sail Makers. Ship Chandlery Goods of all Descriptions. MANILA ROPE OF THE VERY BEST MAKE Stoel and Iron Wiro Itono mid all lu Fitting:!. 202 to 208 SOltl f ItNt, CHICK.II, II.L. FOR SALE, Her length U135 tout, boam Jo feet, mil lioM. 10 foot IMiiclitm. Holler 17 feet lone. 1 feet dtiunetiir; thrua Hues, two 11! Inch mil oao IT.iacli Kniilnu S'ixt^. Carrlci 2111,000 feet of lumber. 8|hi<x1, 11 mile, lljllt, und 9 l-'J lomltsl. luHtiranee valuation, 813,300. Ad- drvsa Mauink Uttooau Ullke, Nu,2 Simla Water street, Cleveland, O.